We've been fans of NVIDIA's 8800 GT since launch, and Palit helps us remember why. Though utilizing reference clocks, the Super+1GB doubles the competitions memory, but as we found out, it's difficult to see a difference. Overclocking yields far better results, and luckily, this card delivers there as well.

BlackAndy... I ordered the XFX 8800GT last night.... 40 MHz bump on the clock and an unrivaled double lifetime warranty meaning that if you buy the card, you can molest it all you like and if it breaks, they will repair it (you can't poke a hole through it so the damage must be within reason) AND when you want to upgrade, simply sell it and the second owner is covered by that same warranty.

No one else offers a transferable warranty like that. If you would rather go elsewhere, EVGA and BFG also offer lifetime warranties but it's only for the original owner.

The Palit is no doubt a decent card but one of the major appeals of the 8800 GT, outside of the performance numbers, is the single slot cooling that comes with it. They remove this feature for the sake of adding extra memory and ultimately, it does very little for the card in Rob's benchmarks.

The XFX ended up costing me $209 after mail in rebate. Not bad for a factory overclocked video card that almost performs at $400 card numbers.

Let's drink this weekend.

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Guys I have a small question, (I didnt know where else to ask). I have a Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L motherboard and I was planning to purchase the Palit GeForce 8800 vid card in the next few days. Will my motherboard be able to support it?

Guys I have a small question, (I didnt know where else to ask). I have a Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L motherboard and I was planning to purchase the Palit GeForce 8800 vid card in the next few days. Will my motherboard be able to support it?

It will work fine... it would have to be a special board in order to not accept the 8800 GT (like an mATX board that deliberately didn't include one). Nowadays, it's more an issue of whether or not your case can fit the GPU, not the motherboard.

The GA-P31-DS3L will support the GPU just fine, as Rob said. The only thing you need to be aware of is the GA-P31-DS3L has some trouble with memory above 800MHz... if planning to run or overclock your RAM above 800MHz I would suggest the GA-P35-DS3L which costs ~$10 more. Same thing if you plan to use four sticks of RAM.

I've got one of these cards, and wish i hadn't.
I'm sending it back this week for a replacement.

Originally the main problem i had was artifacts then screen freezes and hangs, and i have to reset the pc.
Thought it was maybe the driver, but not found one that works any better. Even wiped the pc and went back to XP from Vista, but no difference.
I managed to play 5 mins of the Crysis Demo, before the usual crash, but this was only after installing Rivatuner to ensure the gpu fan was at least 60%, but it seem to crash as soon as the temp gets to about 67, I thought the card could take higher temps.
Used a couple of testing apps like rthdribl, which also send the temp up and after a few mins, causes the screen to get spots and blur and then crash.

I've got everything at factory defaults for now, might try to underclock the card see if that helps.